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Added by Contributor Sis (47272811):

Mabel Ruth (Talley) Brooks Purkey

d/o Clem Talley & Bertha (Pack) Talley
{more on her parents, five siblings, and step-mother below}

1m. 9 Jun 1940 in Hawkins, Tennessee
Both age 21, Ross Hayes Brooks, who then died 16 Jul 1941 age 22, having registered for WWII but before he could serve (his draft card is written across in red pencil "Cancelled Deceased").

Mabel gave birth to their only child, Randall Brooks in 1942.

2m. Mabel then married Archie N Purkey, who raised her son / his stepson Randall Brooks. Mabel & Archie were married until her death in 1997. Archie died 20yrs later in 2017.

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Mabel's baby lost a parent when her husband, Randall's father died very young even before their son was born; sadly Mabel herself was just a baby when her own mom died young. Mabel was the youngest child of:

Clem T Talley,
s/o William P Talley &
Melcina P (Robertson) Talley

Clem & 1st Wife
"Bertha", Sarah Bertha (Pack) Talley,
d/o Tinsley W Pack &
Mary "Mollie" (Brewster) Pack;
m.18-Dec-1910 Hawkins, TN:

6 Known Children

(1) William Tensley Talley b.1912
m.Dorothy Noe

(2) James Arthur Talley b.1914
m.Myrtle Wilder

(3) Ottie May Talley b.1916
m. unknown after 1935

(4) Lois Bell (Talley) Price b.1917
m. Miller Kyle Price

(5) Kyle Arie Talley b.1918
m. Mildred Pearl Hurley

(6) Mabel Ruth (Talley) Brooks Purkey b.1921
1m. Ross Hayes Brooks
2m. Archie N Purkey

Clem's 1st Wife Bertha d.1923 (age 32).

Seven years later, Clem wed again
m. 11-May-1930 Hawkins, TN,
as "CT Talley" (age 42) &
2nd Wife "Jessie C Creech" (age 33),
d/o Charles Jett "Charley" Creech &
Cora Belle (Miller) Maddox Creech

Clem & Jessie did not have children together.

Clem Talley d.1971 age 82-83. Survived by 2nd wife Jessie C (Creech) Talley d.1975 age 76-77.

Clem & both wives, Bertha & Jessie, are all resting in Creeches Chapel, Whitesburg, Hamblen County, Tennessee.